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Often the term is applied to a rural or a relatively unspoiled or regenerated place — whereas the very similar term Sense Of Place would tend to be more Domestic , Urban , or Suburban in tone. For instance, one could logically apply 'sense of place' to an urban high street; noting the Architecture , the width of the Road s and Pavement s, the Plantings , the style of the Shop -fronts, the Street Furniture , and so on, but one could not really talk about the 'spirit of place' of such an essentially urban and commercial environment. It must be noted, however, that an urban area that looks faceless or neglected to an adult may have deep meaning in Children's Street Culture . The Roman term for spirit of place was Genius Loci , by which it is sometimes still referred. This has often been historically envisaged as a guardian Animal or a small supernatural being ( Puck , Fairy , Elf , and the like) or a Ghost . These beliefs have, for the most part, been discarded in the modern world; however a new layer of less-embodied superstition on the subject has arisen around Ley Lines , Feng Shui and similar concepts. The western cultural movements of Romanticism and Neo-romanticism are often deeply concerned with creating cultural forms that 're-enchant the land', in order to establish or re-establish a spirit of place. Modern Earth Art (sometimes called environment art) artists such as Andy Goldsworthy have explored the contribution of natural/ephemeral sculpture to spirit of place. Many indigenous and tribal cultures around the world are deeply concerned with spirits of place in their has its Kami which may incorporate spirits of place; Christianity has spirits of place in the Angelic Choirs of Dominians and Principalities , Hinduism , Vajrayana and Bonpo traditions. SEE ALSO
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